TAKEAWAY Courts tend to take discrimination claims very seriously. Boards and managing agents should diligently and repeatedly instruct all staff members to not conduct themselves in a manner that may reasonably be deemed to constitute harassment (sexual or otherwise), and the awareness of any inappropriate conduct by any staff member must be immediately reported to a supervisor, the managing agent, or the board. Further, all persons in a supervisory position, after being on notice of inappropriate conduct by a staff member, must immediately notify their supervisors and must take necessary and appropriate actions to cause the discountenance of such inappropriate conduct.
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